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Shiva Kavacham

Shiva Kavacham

Text in Roman script

Devotional text

īiśavakavaca
{|| īiśavakavaca ||}
aya ī iśavakavaca tomahāmaya
ṛṣabhayogīvara ṛiṣaḥ |
anuṭu chadaḥ | īsābasadāiśavo devatā |
oṃ bīja |
namaḥ śataḥ |
iśavāyeita kīlaka |
mama sābasadāiśavaīyatha jape ivinayogaḥ |
karayāsaḥ
oṃ sadāiśavāya aṃguṭhāyāṃ namaḥ |
naṃ gaṃgādharāya tajanīyāṃ namaḥ |
maṃ mṛyujayāya mayamāyāṃ namaḥ |
śa śūlapāṇaye anāimakāyāṃ namaḥ |
vāṃ ipanākapāṇaye kinaṭhakāyāṃ namaḥ |
yaṃ umāpataye karatalakarapṛṭhāyāṃ namaḥ |
dayāida aṃgayāsaḥ
oṃ sadāiśavāya dayāya namaḥ |
naṃ gaṃgādharāya iśarase vāhā |
maṃ mṛyujayāya iśakhāyai vaṣa |
śa śūlapāṇaye kavacāya hu |
vāṃ ipanākapāṇaye neyāya vauṣa |
yaṃ umāpataye aāya pha |
bhūbhuvasuvaroimita idabadhaḥ ||
yāna
vadaṃṃ inayanaṃ kālakaṭha maradama |
sahakaramayuṃ vade śabhuṃ umāpita ||
ākakaṇalasakaradaḍayumaḥ
pālātarālisatabhamadhṛtipuḥ |
pacāraṃ pirapaṭha varamarājaṃ
yāya sadā paśupata śaraṇaṃ jethāḥ ||
ataḥ paraṃ savapurāṇaguṃ
inaḥśeṣapāpaughaharaṃ piva |
jayadaṃ savaivapamocanaṃ
vayāima śaiva kavacaṃ ihatāya te ||
pacapūjā
laṃ pṛithayāmane gadhaṃ samapayāima |
haṃ ākāśāmane pupaiḥ pūjayāima |
yaṃ vāvāmane dhūpa āāpayāima |
raṃ ayāmane dīpaṃ daśayāima |
vaṃ amṛtāmane amṛtaṃ mahānaiveṃ inavedayāima |
saṃ savamane savapacārapūjāṃ samapayāima ||
maḥ
ṛṣabha uvāca ---
namakṛya mahādevaṃ ivavayāipanamīvara |
vaye iśavamayaṃ vama savaraākaraṃ nṛṇā || 1||
śucau deśe samāsīno yathāvakapatāsanaḥ |
ijateiyo ijataāṇacatayechavamayaya || 2||
puḍarīkātarasinivaṭaṃ
vatejasā yātanabho'vakāśa |
atīiyaṃ sūmamanatamāṃ
yāye parānadamayaṃ maheśa ||
yānāvadhūtāikhalakamabadha-
caraṃ icadānada inamanacetāḥ |
ṣaḍarayāsa samāihatāmā
śaivena kuyakavacena raā ||
māṃ pātu devo'ikhaladevatāmā
saṃsārakūpe pitataṃ gabhīre |
tanāma idayaṃ paramamūlaṃ
dhunotu me savamaghaṃ idatha ||
sava māṃ ratu ivavamūta-
yaitamayānadaghanacadāmā |
aṇoriṇayānuśatarekaḥ
sa īvaraḥ pātu bhayādaśeṣā ||
yo bhūvapeṇa ibabhata ivavaṃ
pāyāsa bhūmegiraśo'ṭamūtaḥ |
yo'pāṃ vapeṇa nṛṇāṃ karoita
saṃjīvanaṃ so'vatu māṃ jaleyaḥ ||
kapāvasāne bhuvanāina davā
savaiṇa yo nṛyita bhūiralīlaḥ |
sa kālao'vatu māṃ davāneḥ
vāyāidabhīterikhalāca tāpā ||
dītivaukanakāvabhāso
ivaāvarābhīita kuṭhārapāiṇaḥ |
catumukhatapuṣineḥ
āyāṃ thato ratu māmaja ||
kuṭhārakheṭākuśa śūlaḍhakā-
kapālapāśā guṇādadhānaḥ |
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catumukho nīlaicineḥ
pāyādaghoro idiśa diṇayā ||
kudeduśakhaphiṭakāvabhāso
vedāmālā varadābhayākaḥ |
yacatuva ubhāvaḥ
sao'idhajāto'vatu māṃ tīyā ||
varāmālābhayaṭakahataḥ
sarojikajakasamānavaṇaḥ |
ilocanacācatumukho māṃ
pāyādudīyāṃ idiśa vāmadevaḥ ||
vedābhayeṭākuśaṭakapāśa-
kapālaḍhakāraśūlapāiṇaḥ |
isatauitaḥ pacamukho'vatāmāṃ
īśāna ūva paramakāśaḥ ||
mūdhanamayāmama camauilaḥ
bhālaṃ mamāyādatha bhālaneḥ |
nee mamāyāganehārī
nāsāṃ sadā ratu ivavanāthaḥ ||
pāyātī me uitagītakītaḥ
kapolamayāsatataṃ kapālī |
vaṃ sadā ratu pacavao
ijavāṃ sadā ratu vedijavaḥ ||
kaṭhaṃ igarīśo'vatu nīlakaṭhaḥ
pāiṇayaṃ pātu ipanākapāiṇaḥ |
domūlamayāmama dhamabāhuḥ
vaḥthalaṃ damakhātako'yā ||
mamodaraṃ pātu igarīdhavā
mayaṃ mamāyāmadanātakārī |
herabatāto mama pātu nābha
pāyākaṭa dhūjaiṭarīvaro me ||
ūyaṃ pātu kuberimao
jānuyaṃ me jagadīvaro'yā |
jaghāyugaṃ pugavaketurayā
pādau mamāyāsuravapādaḥ ||
mahevaraḥ pātu idanāidayāme
māṃ mayayāme'vatu vāmadevaḥ |
ilocanaḥ pātu tṛtīyayāme
vṛṣavajaḥ pātu idanāyayāme ||
pāyāinaśādau śiśaśekharo māṃ
gagādharo ratu māṃ inaśīthe |
gaurīpitaḥ pātu inaśāvasāne
mṛyujayo ratu savakāla ||
ataḥthataṃ ratu śaṃkaro māṃ
thāṇuḥ sadā pātu bihaḥthataṃ mā |
tadatare pātu pitaḥ paśūnāṃ
sadāiśavo ratu māṃ samatā ||
itaṭhatamayā bhuvanaikanāthaḥ
pāyājataṃ mathāidhanāthaḥ |
vedātaveo'vatu māṃ inaṣaṇaṃ
māmayaḥ pātu iśavaḥ śayāna ||
māgaṣu māṃ ratu nīlakaṭhaḥ
śailāidadugaṣu purayāiraḥ |
arayavāsāida mahāvāse
pāyāmṛgayādha udāraśataḥ ||
kapātakālopaṭukopa-
phuṭāhāsocilatāḍakośaḥ |
ghorāirasenāṇava dunavāra-
mahābhayātu vīrabhaḥ ||
payavamātagarathāvaithanī-
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sahalaāyuta koiṭabhīṣaṇa |
aauihaṇīnāṃ śatamātatāiyanāṃ
ichaāmṛḍo ghorakuṭhāra dhārayā ||
inahatu dayūlayānalācaḥ
valaśūlaṃ ipurātakaya |
śādūlasahavṛkāidahaā
saṃāsayavīśadhanuḥ ipanākaḥ ||
duḥ vana duḥ śakuna dugaita daumanaya-
dubha duyasana duḥsaha duyaśāṃisa |
upātatāpivaṣabhīitamasahāta
yādhaca nāśayatu me jagatāmadhīśaḥ ||
oṃ namo bhagavate sadāiśavāya
sakalatavāmakāya
savamavapāya
savayaāidhaṭhatāya
savatavapāya
savatavivadūrāya
āvatāiraṇe
nīlakaṭhāya
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somasūyanalocanāya
bhamoūilativahāya
mahāmiṇa mukuṭadhāraṇāya
māiṇayabhūṣaṇāya
sṛṭathitalayakāla-
rauāvatārāya
daāvaravaṃsakāya
mahākālabhedanāya
mūladhāraikinalayāya
tavātītāya
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anata vāsuika taka-
kakaṭaka śakha kuilaka-
pa mahāpaeita-
aṭamahānāgakulabhūṣaṇāya
ṇavavapāya
icadākāśāya
ākāśa ida vapāya
hanamāilane
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sakalalokaikaka
sakalalokaikabha
sakalalokaikasaṃha
sakalalokaikagurave
sakalalokaikasāiṇe
sakalinagamaguāya
sakalavedātapāragāya
sakalalokaikavaradāya
sakalalokaikaśaṃkarāya
sakaladuiratātabhajanāya
sakalajagadabhayaṃkarāya
śaśākaśekharāya
śāvatinajāvāsāya
inarākārāya
inarābhāsāya
inarāmayāya
inamalāya
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inacatāya
inarahaṃkārāya
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inakalakāya
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inasagāya
inaāya
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inatulāya
inaḥsaṃśayāya
inaraṃjanāya
inapamivabhavāya
inayaśubumutapirapūṇa-
sacadānadāyāya
paramaśātavapāya
paramaśātakāśāya
tejopāya
tejomayāya
tejo'idhapataye
jaya jaya 
mahā
mahārau
bhaāvatāra
mahābhairava
kālabhairava
kapātabhairava
kapālamālādhara
khavāga camakhagadhara pāśākuśa-
ḍamaśūla cāpabāṇagadāśatabhidapāla-
tomara musala mura pāśa piragha-
bhuśuḍī śatanī caāāyudhabhīṣaṇākāra-
sahamukhadaṃākarālavadana
ivakaṭāhāsa ivaphāirata āḍamaḍala
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apamṛyubhayaṃ nāśaya nāśaya
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ivaṣasapabhayaṃ śamaya śamaya
corā māraya māraya
mama śaū ucāṭayocāṭaya
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pūvava - dayāida yāsaḥ | pacapūjā ||
bhūbhuvasuvaroimita idavamokaḥ ||
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ṛṣabha uvāca ---
iyetaparamaṃ śaivaṃ kavacaṃ yātaṃ mayā |
sava bādhā śamanaṃ rahayaṃ sava deihanā ||
yaḥ sadā dhārayemayaḥ śaivaṃ kavacamuma |
na taya jāyate kāipa bhayaṃ śabhoranuhā ||
īṇāyuḥ ātamṛyuva mahārogahato'ipa vā |
saḥ sukhamavānoita dīghamāyuca ivadita ||
savadāirayaśamanaṃ saumāgayivavadhana |
yo dhae kavacaṃ śaivaṃ sa devairipa pūyate ||
mahāpātakasaghātaimuyate copapātakaiḥ |
dehāte mutamānoita iśavavamanubhāvataḥ ||
vamipa yā vasa śaivaṃ kavacamuma |
dhārayava mayā daṃ saḥ eyo vāyisa ||
īsūta uvāca ---
iyuvā ṛṣabho yogī tamai pāthava sūnave |
dadau śakhaṃ mahārāvaṃ khagaṃ ca airinaṣūdana ||
punaca bhama saṃmaṃya tadagaṃ pirato'pṛśa |
gajānāṃ ṣasahaya iguṇaya balaṃ dadau ||
bhamabhāvā saātabalaivaya dhṛita mṛitaḥ |
sa rājapuḥ śuśubhe śaradaka iva iyā ||
tamāha ājala bhūyaḥ sa yogī nṛpanadana |
eṣa khago mayā datapomaānubhāvataḥ ||
iśatadhārimamaṃ khagaṃ yamai daśayase phuṭa |
sa sao iyate śauḥ sāāmṛyuripa vaya ||
aya śakhaya inadaṃ ye vita tavāihatāḥ |
te mūchatāḥ pitayita yataśaā ivacetanāḥ ||
khagaśakhāivamau idayau parasaiyivanāśakau |
āmasaiyavapaāṇāṃ śauyatejoivavadhanau ||
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etayoca bhāvena śaivena kavacena ca |
iṣasaha nāgānāṃ balena mahatāipa ca ||
bhamadhāraṇa sāmayachausaiyaṃ ivajeyase |
āya sahāsanaṃ ipayaṃ gotā'isa pṛithavīimamā ||
iita bhaāyuṣaṃ sayaganuśāya samātṛka |
tāyāṃ sapūijataḥ so'tha yogī vairagitayayau ||
{|| iita īkadamahāpurāṇe orakhaḍe iśavakavaca
bhāva vaṇanaṃ nāma ādaśo'yāyaḥ sapūṇaḥ ||

About this kavacham — Shiva

Devotional recitation is one of the simplest and most powerful practices in the Hindu tradition. Regular chanting calms the mind, purifies the atmosphere of the home, and deepens one’s connection with the deity. These sacred compositions have been sung by devotees for generations and are suitable for daily practice, during morning or evening puja, or on special festival days.

How to chant

Sit comfortably facing your home altar or a clean, quiet space. Light a lamp or incense if you wish. Begin with a short prayer to Ganesha, then recite the text slowly and clearly, focusing on the meaning rather than speed. Consistency matters more than duration — even five minutes of daily chanting brings visible peace of mind.

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